November / December 2014

    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    November / December 2014 – World News

    GLOBAL NEWS Cascades Tissue president and CEO steps down Södra hikes up prices Futura appoints Piero Ceccon   EUROPE GERMANY: WEPA to build two new tissue machines TURKEY: Parteks boosts capacity TURKEY: Ipek Kagit Tissue boosts converting capacity UK: Accrol Papers reveals plans...

    PIX Pulp indices 30.9.2014

    By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs   NBSK pulp Europe he August pulp data from PPPC came out better than expected for the hardwood pulp but the BSKP numbers were disappointing. Total...
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    Russia – underdeveloped market with improving growth trend

    By Fisher International’s Bill Burns Russia’s economy has been experiencing sustained expansion since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Fuelled by commodity exports (most notably natural gas and oil) economic growth was...

    Home and away … Anika compares West and East

    By Anika Michielsen Born in Belgium, Anika Michielsen has just returned from a year in South Korea where she was studying a masters in business...

    TISSUE WORLD ISTANBUL

    The launch edition of Tissue World Istanbul has set the standard for the tissue industry’s expansion into one of the world’s great regions for potential development   The two-day event attracted 306 key...
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    B&B – MAF bagger technology

    By B&B - MAF’s technical sales manager Norbert Grothaus The independent packaging machinery manufacturer talks to TWM about its latest innovation for end-of-line packaging products The end-of-line packaging of tissue products is one of...
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    Capacity additions plus aggressive promotions spell interesting times in North American tissue markets.

    By RBC Capital’s markets analyst Paul Quinn We believe that North American tissue margins could remain below historical levels for the next several years, particularly on the mid-to-low end of the quality...
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    The sweet smell of success for tissue in Russia

    It was the glaringly obvious thing for us to do to follow our inaugural TW Istanbul conference with a country report on Russia. The two countries have strong geo-commercial links and are...
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    November / December 2014 – Europe News

    GERMANY WEPA to build two new tissue machines German tissue giant WEPA is poised for growth as it plans to spend more than Euro 50 million on two new tissue machines. The new lines...

    Annual Review

    Industry experts tell TWM about how emerging technological, cultural, political and commercial changes could shape global tissue in the years ahead   Once consumers try private brands they are staying with them Kit Vale, Daymon...

    Social media – a powerful tool for all sectors of the tissue industry

    By The Grocer’s Associate editor (features) Simon Creasey To tweet or not to tweet – that’s the question every company has to address at some point. Although many business leaders are reluctant...

    Pulp Invest targets No.1 position in Tatarstan as Russian tissue surges

    In the emerging Republic of Tatarstan, Pulp Invest is on the brink of a major start up. With the towering presence of the Kazan Kremlin never far from sight or mind,...

    Dynamic economic growth – massive consumer markets – unique geographical position

    By Helen Morris With Russian tissue consumption expected to rise fivefold in three years, Hayat Kimya - the largest tissue manufacturer in Eastern Europe and the Middle East - sees higher quality...